Li Du and Hans greeted the old man with a hug. Then, both parties went straight to business.
The old man was much smarter than the burly man. He picked up the shotguns and checked them one by one. He was able to find a small problem with each one.
Obviously, the other party wanted to bargain.
This way, Hans' skills came in handy. He went up to the old man and started a war of words. They used all kinds of tactics and arguments. He seemed to have a card up his sleeve.
They already had an idea. Previously, the burly man had told them that a gun could be exchanged for ten ordinary hunting knives.
Therefore, Hans stuck to this bottom line. Although the old man was smart, he could not do anything about it.
On the contrary, after a round of argument, the bottom line was raised.
They negotiated with each shotgun. Hans' bottom line was that each shotgun could be exchanged for ten ordinary knives or four mother and child knives.
Some of the better quality shotguns could be exchanged for more hunting knives. The most they could get was 14 knives, and the worst was 10 knives.
This was Hans' job. Li Du went to look at the other people's deals. After all, the Hopi were a big tribe with about 20,000 people. They had a lot of weapons, including hunting knives.
The treasure hunters felt like they were in heaven. They were inspired by Li Du. They opened up the compartments for the other party to choose from. The hunting knives became their currency. They could trade for anything with hunting knives.
The most popular product was their smart phones. Most of the Hopi people used old-fashioned phones, and the colorful and versatile touch-screen phones had attracted them greatly.
The treasure hunters removed their SIM cards and used all their phones to exchange for hunting knives.
Seeing this, Li Du had no choice but to gather them together. He said, "In this case, we can't contact each other anymore. We have to stay together in case we can't find each other when we leave later."
Olly said, "You don't have to do that, Big Li. Let's set a time, like four o'clock. We can gather at the school at four o'clock. What do you think?"
"No, I can't tell the time," Dickens shook his head.
Olly said, "Where's your watch?"
Dickens said, "Oh, I used it to exchange for hunting knives."
"Sh * t!" Olly quickly took off his watch. "I forgot about that!"
After the negotiations with Hans were concluded, the 10 hunting rifles were exchanged for 25 double-edged knives and 50 ordinary hunting knives.
Godzilla and Big Quinn stuffed the knives into the driver's compartment. Watching them work, the security chief's eyes were full of admiration. "Hey, strong lads, are you interested in staying with our tribe?"
Li Du quickly said, "President Lincoln has freed the slaves. There are no more slaves now. We can't trade them."
The security chief said, "I know. Haha, I mean to invite them to stay. They can choose any beauty in the tribe. They will definitely become great warriors!"
Big Quinn shook his head. "Sorry, I already have a wife and children."
The security chief looked regretful and looked at Godzilla.
Godzilla shook his head like a rattle-drum. Are you kidding me? Are there any beauties in your tribe? They were all too ugly! Besides, this is a matter of beauties?
After obtaining these guns, the old man brought them to his house as guests.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Du said to Hans, "Let's not go. Look, if we delay any longer, we won't be able to go back today."
Hans said, "If you can't go back, then so be it. Don't you want to go fishing at Lake Powell? Let's go tomorrow. "
Hearing their discussion, the old man laughed. "Yes, our friends, let's stay here tonight. Today, the three main plateaus are having a kavalala. Let's join the kavalala together."
Li Du asked, "What's a kavalala?"
Hans thought for a while and said, "I think it's a Hopi party. It's quite grand. They use it to entertain friends from afar. It's very interesting."
With that, Li Du was willing to stay. He had never seen a kavalala before, but it was good to gain some knowledge.
They followed the old man into a spacious thatched house. This was the security chief's house. It looked quite grand. The house was full of weapons: hunting knives, hunting rifles, bows and arrows, and even a machine gun. It looked like it could definitely be used.
In addition to these guns, there was a long wooden box in the middle of the house. On the surface of the box were some wooden knives, wooden swords, wooden spears, and other weapons.
Li Du asked curiously, "What is this? A weapon box? They look very beautiful, but are these weapons carved on them? "
Hans looked at the box and suddenly slapped his forehead. He groaned, "Sh * t, my brain is full of sh * t. How could I forget about this!"
Li Du asked, "What's wrong? Are you crazy? "
The old man laughed. "Haha, this is not a weapon box. You guys will never guess what this is."
"This is a coffin, a coffin you prepared for yourself!" Hans sighed.
Li Du was taken aback. That was not a good thing to say!
The old man smiled and said, "You are very knowledgeable, son. This is indeed a coffin I prepared for myself. I didn't expect you to be able to tell."
Hans said, "I've seen a documentary called 'Homeland.' The director, Arthurs, and his team visited your tribe and introduced your culture. Among them was the coffin culture."
"Homeland" was a documentary. It took 15 years and 18 months to film. It had been filmed in 54 countries, 118 regions, and 120 filming locations. It was very shocking.
Hearing this, the old man looked like he was reminiscing. "Arthurs Bertrand, I still remember his name. He was an interesting Frenchman. Yes, he came to our tribe and recorded a lot of our things. Later, he even sent us a DVD of the documentary. "
Hans whispered to Li Du, "I forgot about this. But you can't blame me. Who can remember the content of a documentary all the time?"
"What did you overlook?" Li Du was confused by him.
"The Hopi's most unique culture, the coffin culture! We should use guns to trade for coffins. The coffins here are very valuable and can be sold for a high price outside! "
Li Du was shocked. "You're really imaginative. You want to do a funeral parlor business?"
"Go to your funeral parlor. It's just selling coffins. Anyway, we'll act according to the situation. Let's see what else we have that's valuable. Then we can trade for a coffin!"
"Is this thing worth a lot?"
"One coffin can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars!"
Li Du sucked in a breath of cold air. Coffins!
This was indeed very valuable. The United States was different from China. Until now, people still used the burial method. After they died, a wake would be held in a church, and then the coffin would be buried in the cemetery.
Interestingly, Americans saw cemeteries as wealth, just like houses and cars. After they bought a cemetery, they could let their family use it. They could also buy or sell it. Just like real estate, they had their own cemetery brokers.
Under such circumstances, the coffin business was very popular, just like the furniture business.
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